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Good game, but could be better

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: November 28, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Blood Omen 2 is a good game overall, which is hard to find these days. The story is intriguing and the characters are interesting. Let's break this game down:

GRAPHICS: I give the graphics 3 out of 5 because I don't believe the graphics are to the standard we expect of an X BOX game. The graphics don't look much different than the PSX.

CONTROLS: I give the controls 3 out of 5 because the controls are easy to master; however, even with your gained powers throughout the game you can't do much. You continue to hack and slash the same way throughout the game all the way to the end. Also, it is difficult at times to fight several enemies or enemies with armor as they have special attacks they use frequently that you can not block and in some cases can't dodge.

FUN FACTOR: I give the fun factor 4 out of 5 as I believe the game is still fun to play despite the discrepancies within the game. The story line is almost enough to keep you interested. Additionally, you have to use your head as most levels contain puzzles you have to solve in order to open a door or destroy an enemy. It is not your typical hack and slash game.

I gave this game a four star rating because I have enjoyed playing this game despite the discrepancies. I like the fact that you gain additional powers throughout the game. For example with the mist power, you can sneak up to enemies and conduct a stealth kill. If you are looking for a good game that is somewhat challenging and you like the Legacy of Kain series this may be a good game for you; however, if you get frustrated easily this may not be a good choice as the controls and moves are a bit cumbersome.

A very fun game to play

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: August 26, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I'm sure there are many gamers out there who, with enough imagination, will find something wrong to say with any x-box game. I'm not one of those people. I found the game really fun, and I recommend this game to any one who likes games who are challenging but accessible. I'm sure some will find that this description doesn't deserve à Five star rating, and maybe they are right. But the truth is I wish more reviews were more honest (from the heart) and less technical. Trust me, you won't be dissapointed if you get this game!

Terrible addition to the franchise

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: August 12, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I started the SR series with Legacy of Kain (SR2). I was sadly disappointed in Blood Omen 2, which has none of the ingenuity or artistry of the SR series. So I settled in for an action game, and was disappointed in the fighting engine (very tricky, and often results in your character getting killed from behind). Halfway through the game, emphasis seems to switch from action to lever-pulling, as you have a series of nonsensical puzzles to solve. Definitely the most depressing part of the game is the cut-scenes. Everyone in the game talks like they're fresh out of a vampire soap opera (kind of like an Anne Rice rip-off but without the sex). Plus, if your character gets killed after listening to a 3-minute dialogue segment, you have to watch the whole thing over again. And again. And again, until you get to the next save point. Very frustrating. I would NOT reccommend this game.

Good, but definetly has problems

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: September 12, 2003
Author: Amazon User

The Blood Omen series is very different from its sister series Soul Reaver (which I highly recommend). Don't get me wrong, this game is pretty cool at times. But I have a hard time getting past the lame combat system ( you have to hold down the left trigger and then press ONE button to attack). The blood drinking is cool, but the meter gets annoying. You have to constantly drink blood or the meter will run out and you'll die. This is also a very linear game, you have one path to go and thats all you can do, go forward down a straight path (I have a hard time believing in a huge city there is only one road or alley). BUT, this game is alot more accessible than the Soul Reaver series. People not familiar with the Legacy of Kain saga can pick up this game and have a good time. Soul reaver focuses more on building on the plot while Blood Omen focuses on action. If your a fan of action games with a good story I would definetly recommend picking up all of the Legacy of Kain games (Blood Omen and Soul Reaver tie in together). Start with the first Blood Omen, as is the start of this engrossing tale.

{BLOODLUST AND BRUTALITY!}

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 4
Date: June 16, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Kain is back to reclaim the high throne! Cast down from power by a mysterious warlord centuries ago, Kain reawakens in a world he barley regonizes. His armies slain, his vampire brethen nearly extinct, Kain is one of the last of his kind. With an agenda of vegence, Kain shall unleash a wicked wrath to uncover the plot that threatens the land he seeks to conquer. Execute fierce and brutal combos with battle-axes, swords and other heavy metal weaponry. When weapon edges dull on bone and steel, turn to Dark Gifts such as beserk and stealth to exact your lethal will. In pursuit of power or just for the thrill of the kill, Kain's lust for blood is inspiring. For more info on this game go to: [website] Lead Kain through highly detailed enviroments of gothic nightmare; host to thieves, knights, and demons of all sort! And of couse the XBOX version offers the best sound: 5.1 Dolby Digital Surround, and smoothed out graphics for the ultimate Blood Omen experience!

A good game, though the first Blood Omen was better

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: May 11, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Kain finally returns in Blood Omen 2, but this latest installment in the series is missing some of what made the first Legacy of Kain such an enjoyable game.

Gameplay is very straightforward. Kain must progress through the world of Nosgoth by killing his enemies and solving puzzles. This is where some of the problems come in. Combat is all right, but Kain has very few options available to him. Attack, block, grab, and that's it. Occasionally you can use a Dark Gift (more on that in a minute) in battle, but it's nothing more than a stronger attack. Boss battles are usually more interesting, but in general, combat leaves something to be desired. The puzzles in the game are all very simple, and so they get tedious. Finally, the game is linear in the extreme. There is never a time when you can deviate from the path and explore a little; you're always on the one, pre-set course through the game.

Kain also has a number of Dark Gifts at his disposal, which he collects throughout the game. These can be pretty interesting. For example, you can change into mist (if there is mist present) and sneak past guards, or kill them stealthily, instantly. You can make insanely long jumps from one rooftop to another, like you'd see in The Matrix. You can control NPCs and force them to do your will. This is good stuff, but I wish there had been more of a focus on it, and that Kain had more varied abilities. The first Blood Omen had more variety.

Graphically, the game is fairly good. The atmosphere of Nosgoth is conveyed very well; it's definitely not a place you'd want to live, and it shows in the scenery, the ambient sound effects, and the bits of overheard conversation. The character models (other than Kain) seem relatively basic. There are some clipping problems as well. All in all, the graphics could be better for the XBox version of this game. They're decent, and get the job done, but it's not a game you'd use to show off the graphical power of the XBox.

The cutscenes in the game are top-notch. The first Blood Omen featured some of the best voice acting you could find on the PSX, and the quality does not disappoint here either. Plus, Kain is such a cool character, you look forward to seeing him interact with the other characters in the game (aside from drinking their blood, that is).

Ultimately, the game's many good points can't completely make up for the often-repetitive gameplay. Nosgoth is a fascinating world, and Kain a fun character to play, but the game can get boring at times, and with its very strict linearity, replay value is virtually zero. It's definitely worth a purchase, since you can now buy this at about half its original price (or less), but the first Blood Omen was the superior game.

A let down

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: March 15, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I love vampire games, but Blood Omen 2: Legacy of Kain was a let down.

The GOOD:
- The storyline.
- Great vampiric/magical abilities.
- Ability to pick up weapons.

The BAD:
- PS2 ports, why do they keep porting over the graphics of PS2 games, beef up the light/shadow a little and then peddle it as if it had superb graphics? Once again, the graphics of this game (like so many other XBOX titles) only touches the capabilities of the XBOX.
- Limited controls, and they are somewhat cumbersome.
- Enemies can do a lot of things that you cannot do, and their ability to block Kain's attacks is amazing.
- Setting is rendered well, but you cannot interact with much and it suffers from a static, 2D feel.

The UGLY:
- Same horrible puzzles that plauge the entire series of games.
- Many of the sounds and voices are horrible, and very poorly implemented. You can [destroy] everyone in a bar and then stand there and listen to them talk (as if they were still alive).
- The cutscenes (movies) are not as great as many other games.

Blood omen

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: February 26, 2003
Author: Amazon User

very nice graphics pretty freaky and cool spells besek is my fave my only complaint is its tooo easy other than that its awsome

Great game, but flawed.

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: February 17, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Blood Omen 2 boasts incredible graphics, great scenery, well designed enemies, an excellent combat and ability system, a great base story, and some of the most frightening images ever to grace a game.
Unfortunately, it also boasts plot holes big enough to drive a truck through for the Legacy of Kain series officianado, ridiculous glitches that have no place in games of today; like enemies backing into, or falling dead into, walls, and the inexplicable inability to toss enemies into bodies of water. And then, like every LOK game, there is the puzzles. An incessant barrage of them that makes the player go temporarily insane and wish the game would just GO and stop with the mindless throwing of switches, dropping of blocks and moving of objects.
Still a great game, Blood Omen 2 does not, however, live up to the excellence of its predecessor,or even come close to the incredibility that is Soul Reaver, but it is a definite buy for LOK fans.
-Oddly enough btw, gamers who have not played any of the other LOK titles may enjoy this one a bit MORE, if only because they can't see how little sense some of the story's aspects make.

Such Potential, Such Waste

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: December 02, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Much of what I'm about to say has probably been covered by others, but I'll try my best to make things concise. This game could have been quite good, but unfortunately has major flaws that make it more annoying than anything else.

I found some difficulty with the controls. While all games require an adjustment period to get used to the new controls, these are combersome no matter what. To turn your character around you must actually walk him around in a circle, which can be quite difficult (and deadly) especially when getting attacked. While other games have a rotate button for fighters in 3D environments, this does not.

Next I found the cut-scenes to be horrible. Not that the voice acting or animation were bad at all, but rather that you can't skip over them with a press of a button. Obviously if you're into a game, you'll want to watch a scene once to follow the story. But it's just too much to take when you reach a difficult point in the game and get killed only to have to watch the same 5 minute cut-scene over and over again until you figure out how to beat the particular situation.

Lack of problem solving is another issue. Why have a mature rated game with child level problem solving? All problems are obvious and usually only take a couple of minutes to solve at the most. The majority have a flashing beacon over the objective so you know exactly where you need to go and there's always only one very obvious solution to the problem.

Finally, the gameplay just gets old. I suppose because the rest of the game is so annoying that you just get tired of dealing with the same old thing. There are difficult controls that once mastered make it easy to beat all enemies. Tiresome cut-scenes that seem to never end and problems that are all to easy to solve. And let's not forget the animation that causes many enemies (and some much needed weapons) to fall halfway or all the way through walls and floors. I was amazed to see that enemies will end up buried halfway into walls or stairs simply because that's where they landed rather than bouncing. If I didn't know any better I would think that this game had been made 5 years ago. This last problem is a programming error (or laziness) that there's simply no excuse for.

In the end, rent this game if you have to, but don't buy it.

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